Steel fishing rod



July 6 1926.

H. F. GEPHART STEEL Frsnins ROD FiledFeb. 5'.

. ed sections oiiwhich may rbeyrezadily, i l? rated even though they 'have been assnibled Patented July 6, 1926i.

' HARRY. Eenmaal@ GHIQAGQILLlNOiSJ when@,estremera 12%;2 senil, Nd-'1'as1tf f steel or metal v fishing, rod 'or'.v vpole. n'hichcan j vbe manufactured more economiqallyg hanf has heretofore been customary andthe? 'j oint`- for a long period.

make such "hollow jointed lorjsecjtional;

' ing rodsorl-poles from/steeltubingfhaving longitudinaly Vjointj oijfseam', the 'endg 'of eac-li Y section, designed and intended to receive 'infA ternally the ierrulefequippedenol of` the next" Section; beine comprese@,.Qiflrfluffel in Size t0 Provide a Sutableand appropriate-interi*r nal diameter orI caliberlgsuch endithen'beingj `reamed out totormf .asmooth interiorouni:

' or iiexible quality With-a, capacity Vfor ready,

form definite size to' accommodate the, end ofthe nextI section of the fishingrod.)y

Such steel must `necessarily. be of' spring..

Furthermore, Vsuch steel tubular;

members internally receiving 4"the brassf-'fer-'l rules* or sleeves onA the.; ends oi; the" ad] acenty or comp/anion sections f off the* fishing;A rod; there 'is .a decided ten dency a-t'erftlie parts: oki the sti'uicturel have, b'enj assembledit'for someiconsiderablelength of? timey 'for them to become rusted or frozen-1t tgether;A soi thatJ it is quitediji-icult` or aetuallyzfimpossibleft pull themapartforstorageflin a small space.

' faults and inconveniences and to provide a v steel 'iishing rodV or pole which can'be pro-k Yduced at less Cost Ofmanufacture than formerly, and the sections of vWhieh'can be` readily separated evenafter long periods-of l time in Which the parts" of the Vfishing rod `*have `remained assembled in the usual Way. To this end, I avoid reducing the endl of Y the-steel tubing and refrain fromy reaming out such end Vto secure the required tit oi parts', but on the contrary, I permit such tubing to remain unchanged at its end andV inside of it I insert a brass oralloy or other substantially noncorrosive liner or bushing invention aims to overcome these v y A celved that the complete fishing rod, inthls particular embodiment of the inventiomis The endL ofthe' "next Section-i or partI ofthe no l' orf. alloy lorfothen 'appropriate noncorrosi-ve 1e Y'bus nerf-the complementary gie'rrule'/ vhaving#a? bead lorf enlargement 'acti l lng asia vstopto limiti the' extent of, itsinsenvtion' in l Thus the. liner or bushing, the ferrul'e,-

preferably VYofthe same practically non-oxiating, elementsl which are designed to 'fit1` tivo parts onsections ofy the fishing rod;-V `Y Such a structure. is stron ,:vitsfpartsfdolnotI becomel `unintentlonaf-lly@' c islass'oclatedf or separated; and', because of' the lackf of cor` ros'ionor rust; they maybeeasi'lyv separated* ordisjointedfat any time' Withoutdiiiiculty; y v'l`ofenable thoseskilledvk in this art-5to haye' a full arid complete understandingtofftlfiis together te'lescop'ifcall-y-` toj'oin'together-the l ing form-ingfa 'partlof'thi's speciiication I'.l .y haveY illustiatedl lint 'detailf a preferred and i `Iigure l4 isf anelejvationfotthelentire mesme B5 for lsimplicity vthrcnuglheutfthe{seyeral'views;

Figure'` 2f shows?vfragmentari'lyvthe(v y Vportions o-it-Wose'ctionsiof suchrod;vr n I Figure 3 shows the sameA parts assem" ble'cl;"and Y ,y p y n y J Figura 4" S 'anenlargedforosssection; onK line of Figure 2. 1

Referring to this drawing, Will be peru composed of `four sectionor partsv l0, 11, 12

and-13, although it will be readily underrod. u

units of Ythe pole or'rod are of progressively ksmaller diameter fromv tlieahandle 14V sec'ured to' one end of the larger one to the end of the rod,v whereby the latter may have stood that the invention is in no Way limited l K V` `As is' usual, these several segments or j lio the required resiliency, flexibility, and elasticity.v

' nasmucliasthe plurality of parts ofthe rod'are fastened together by like or similar disconnectible joints 'only one of the latter need be described, such as is illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 on Va larger scale than in Figure l. y

Considering, forV example, the ycontiguous i Y or proximate parts Vor nnitsrll and 12, it

' will be seen that; each'iscomposed of a section or length of steel tubing with a longi-V tudinal buttV joint 15, as is indicated most clearly in Figure4, the two sections of tubing being of slightly different diameters fo-r the reason specified above.

In the'en'dV of the ,tubularl lniember Yl1Y insertv and ybraze or weld lixedly in place a brass or alloy or otherrnoncorrosive lin- Y ing or Vbushing v16, Vone endV of the Vlattervbeing flush with the ycorresponding end of the tube. Y f A Y Such yend lof the hollow cylindrical element 'll is also fitted externally with aconlining ring or sleeverl'.V having an inturned i A Y for such end. f

`flange or rim 183covering the ends of both parts v1l and 16, thus forming a neat finish Inasmuch .as "such circular constraining band 17 snugly fits the-tube, all danger of theV joint or seamof the latter opening up orv separating-when the rod is in Vuse and `subjected to the usualfstrains incident to such service is overcome.

rIhe adjacent end of the ,tube lZnhas a brass or other non-oxidizing ferrule 19 fitted over and i'iXed immovably yon it, the outside diameter of the ferrule adapting it to `be received'in,fand held .by frictionin, theconrespondingcomplementary. bushing 176.v

Thus thetwo parts of the rod are adapted to be telescopically, butfdetachably,V fastened together by the lengthwise introductijonof the ferrule-equipped end of the one tube into the bushing-equipped end of the companion tube, the extent of insertion being limited Y and restrictedY by a bead Ofor'ining kpart of the 'ferrule t In Figure 2, the two sections of thest'ructurev are illustrated in Vwithdrawn or separated condition, Whereas in Figure V3 they are shown united ready for service.

It will be seen, therefore, that the novel Y and improved fishing rod accomplishes the specified Vand other objects *andV aims of the invention'in artlioroughly satisfactory inanner, particularly they economy in cost of production or manufacture and the avoidance ofthesections of the rods from becomi ing adhered together in such manner as to prevent their easy disunionor disjunction without the exercise of any especial delfiterity. f" f f i Those skilled in this art willreadily' un derstandv that Ythe invention is-no't limited 'i and restricted to; the precise and lexact de-` Y f 1 tails "of construction shown and described,` but thatrthe invention issusceptible ofV a variety Vof embodiments, Vall embodying or incorporating the fundamental principles vof construction, Valthough differing in mechan-Y Stated soinewhat differently, more or less radical changes may be made in A ical details.

the structure presented without'departure from the heart Vand essence of the invention and without the sacriice of any of 1tssubstantial benelits and advantages;

Iclaimz* "f ,y A hollow metal fishingV rod composed of Ydisconnectible sections, comprising in combinationa metal tubular red unit of`substan- 'tially uniform cross-sectionY and having a rod Vunitl and its'internal bushing, a secondl tubular metal rod` unit having pa closed Ylengthwise joint, and a ferrule of a substanf tially Vnon-corrosive metal different from 'thatfof said unitV litted over an endof said second unit and ofa diameter to fit in and beheld byl friction injsaid bushing. j y

In witness whereof I have hereunto set inyhandand'seal.r 'lv f' HARRY GEPHARTQ [Le] i 

